Winter Quarter Program
Study Abroad/Exchange Application Information for WWU Students


"Concurrent enrollment" offers students the opportunity to retain full time student status, financial aid (amount dependent upon award; note some exclusions may apply), plus other benefits, including receiving course credit direct on your WWU transcript. WWU students must file a Study Abroad/Exchange Application with International Programs & Exchange to receive these benefits.

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Terms Offered	Winter Quarter 2005, 2006, 2007
Type of Program	Study Abroad in Yucatán, México Classroom Seminars and On-Site Interactive Learning Practicums Supervised Independent Research
Eligibility Requirements	Undergrads: Sophomores, Juniors and Seniors Graduate students
Area of Study Requirements	Any field of social science or humanities with cultural studies focus [especially Anthropology and Latin American Studies; Sociology; Art, Design, Journalism; Theatre; Museum Studies; English, Comparative Literature; History; Hospitality; TESL] Instruction in Spanish and English Subjects Inter-disciplinary research in Cultural Anthropology, Ethnographic Methods, M¯xico, Indigenous Peoples, Development, Tourism, Archaeological Heritage Management, Maya Healing and Medicine, Migration, Urbanism, Youth Culture, Multi-Media Research, Anthropology of Art
Housing	Home Stays with Bi-Lingual Spanish and Yucatec Maya Families
Locations	Mérida, Pisté, and Chichén Itzá in the state of Yucatán, México Educational trips to Archaeological heritage sites & Maya Riviera
OSEA Courses	“Seminar in Maya Anthropology” “Seminar on Culture Concepts and Theories” “Seminar on Ethnographic Research and Fieldwork Methods” “Fieldwork Forum for Independent Research” “Speaking Spanish and Yucatec Maya for Ethnographic Research”
WWU Credits	18 quarter credits are received direct on WWU Transcripts
WWU Course Equivalents	Information pending from WWU Anthropology Dept. Contact: Prof. James Loucky, WWU Anthropology
Student Status	Study Abroad/Exchange Application allows you to retain your full time student status, financial aid (amounts depend upon award; some exclusions apply), plus other benefits, including course credit received direct on WWU transcript. See WWU-IPE for details on these and other benefits
WWU-IPE Fees	WWU Students pay $185 Concurrent Enrollment Fee plus a $58 Non-Refundable Fee direct to the WWU-IPE Office with your application
Application	OSEA Application Forms should be sent to OSEA Separate Study Abroad/Exchange Application Forms are sent to WWU-IPE
Deadline	OSEA Deadline for Early Applicants is November 15, 2004 One time special deadline of November 15, 2004 for WWU students applying for WWU-IPE Study Abroad/Exchange to participate in OSEA Winter 2005 (deadline for 2006 is October 15, 2005) Contact: Krista.Mitchell@wwu.edu; phone – 360/650-7627
Contact	Dr. Quetzil Castañeda, Director, OSEA email & website